StarSan spilled in shipping... still usable??

Hello all. I just had a 32 oz. starsan shipped to me that I purchased from another home brewer. It was packaged in 2 plastic zip lock bags and then shipped in a bubble mailer envelope. One of the caps was completely broken in transit and there are about 11 oz of starsan left in the bottle. There is probably another 8-10 oz in the ziplock bag and the rest had soaked the shipping bag and was dripping EVERYWHERE. I am sure the USPS loved handling this one!

Anyway, my question is.... can I pour the starsan that had spilled into the ziplock bag back into the original container and use it, or should I just toss it? I don't want to risk contaminating a batch because I re-used this starsan... so I thought I would get some opinions.

Thanks!!

You can pour the concentrate from teh bag back into the container.

You should also email a complaint to Five Star regarding their lids. Five Star has become somewhat notoriously cheap when it comes to their lids and this situation is occuring far too frequently.

GilaMinumBeer said:

You can pour the concentrate from teh bag back into the container.

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agreed...your fine. Its mainly phosphoric acid and another acid. your good- nothings gonna grow. If it started to dissolve the bag though i would think twice...

Ok, I poured it back in. Up to about 20-21 ounces. Well... thats better than 11!

This is the 2nd starsan lid that has broken on me. I just though it was a fluke the first time....

So, now the question is - what to use for a lid? Does this stuff have to be "sealed" air tight? I have just been using a piece of aluminum foil on my other bottle that broke...

I will definitely e-mail Five Star about the less than adequate lids....

I forget what from, but there are other commonly available lids that fit.

Maybe a juice bottle lid or soda bottle. Sorry, I just can't remember from what bottle people have said they replaced the lid with.

I think a regular 2 liter soda bottle top fits

JRems said:

I think a regular 2 liter soda bottle top fits

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Yup- my bottle has 2 soda caps on it.

Thanks! Probably be the first 2 liter of soda I have bought in years!

I actually did find a cap that would fit that I had laying around. But I need one for my other bottle of Starsan which had already had a broken lid.